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overconsumption /ˌəʊvəkənˈsʌmpʃən /noun [mass noun]The action or fact of consuming something to excess: the overconsumption of alcohol the environmental cost of overconsumption...- The hard times we are experiencing today, due to the misalignment of over-consumption financed by debt, are severe.
- Bow Street magistrates court opened for business in about 1740, often for trials connected to the over-consumption of gin in Covent Garden.
- The end of abundant, cheap oil means the end of our culture of overconsumption.
Rhymesassumption, consumption, gumption, presumption |